Posted: 9/6/2013 8:00:07 PM EDT
Face it, half you 13ers clicked this because Dick was in the title.
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All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.
I had to google and copy/paste, but this chapter sticks in my mind for some reason. Very true, and greatly illustrated by an entire chapter about how they coiled whaling ropes around the boats. And this is the second time this week this has been relevant!
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Touche good sir! But it is late and the drum solo beckons. Quoted:
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I clicked because I would have been amazed that someone in GD could read a book......would have been.  Touche good sir! But it is late and the drum solo beckons. I never made it through the book. 
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